Gwendoline Kirby

Gwendoline Kirby was a nurse, and matron of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

She met Queen Elizabeth II when she made an official visit to the hospital in 1952, its centenary, formally greeted her on behalf of the hospital when she visited Princess Anne after the latter's 1958 tonsillectomy,[1] and met her again at the hospital's 150th anniversary celebration, when the queen recognised her.[2]

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 24 December 1966.[3]

References
  1. "News in Brief". The Times. 7 May 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. Davies, Caroline (15 February 2002). "Black-clad Queen visits children's hospital". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Gwendoline Kirby". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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